Effectiveness of Reading Interventions on Literacy Skills for Chinese Children with and Without Dyslexia: a Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Y Ruan, U Maurer, C McBride - Educational Psychology Review, 2024 - Springer
This meta-analysis synthesizes 49 standardized mean-change differences between control
and treatment groups as effect sizes from 28 independent studies, investigating the efficacy …

The simple view of reading in bilingual language-minority children acquiring a highly transparent second language

P Bonifacci, V Tobia - Scientific Studies of Reading, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The present study evaluated which components within the simple view of reading model
better predicted reading comprehension in a sample of bilingual language-minority children …

Text‐to‐speech applications to reduce mind wandering in students with dyslexia

P Bonifacci, E Colombini, M Marzocchi… - Journal of Computer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mind wandering—that is, a shift in the contents of thought away from an
ongoing task—can have detrimental consequences for students' reading comprehension. To …

Predictors of reading and comprehension abilities in bilingual and monolingual children: A longitudinal study on a transparent language

S Bellocchi, V Tobia, P Bonifacci - Reading and Writing, 2017 - Springer
Many studies have shown that learning to read in a second language (L2) is similar, in many
ways, to learning to read in a first language (L1). Nevertheless, reading development also …

In few words: Linguistic gap but adequate narrative structure in preschool bilingual children

P Bonifacci, M Barbieri, M Tomassini… - Journal of Child …, 2018 - cambridge.org
The aim of this study was to compare linguistic and narrative skills of monolingual and
bilingual preschoolers and to estimate linguistic predictors of the macro-structural level of …

Which measures better discriminate language minority bilingual children with and without developmental language disorder? A study testing a combined protocol of …

P Bonifacci, E Atti, M Casamenti, B Piani… - Journal of Speech …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose This study aimed to assess a protocol for the evaluation of developmental
language disorder (DLD) in language minority bilingual children (LMBC). The specific aims …

English as a foreign language in bilingual language‐minority children, children with dyslexia and monolingual typical readers

P Bonifacci, E Canducci, G Gravagna, P Palladino - Dyslexia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The present study was aimed at investigating literacy skills in English as a foreign language
in three different groups of children: monolinguals with dyslexia (n= 19), typically developing …

Home activities and cognitive skills in relation to early literacy and numeracy: Testing a multifactorial model in preschoolers

P Bonifacci, N Trambagioli, L Bernabini… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to test environmental and cognitive variables as possible
cross-domain predictors of early literacy and numeracy skills. One hundred forty-eight …

How is working memory related to reading comprehension in italian monolingual and bilingual children?

M Orsolini, F Federico, M Vecchione, G Pinna… - Brain sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study explored how working memory resources contributed to reading comprehension
using tasks that focused on maintenance of verbal information in the phonological store, the …

Literacy acquisition trajectories in bilingual language minority children and monolingual peers with similar or different SES: a three-year longitudinal study

P Bonifacci, IC Ferrara, J Pedrinazzi, F Terracina… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bilingualism and socio-economic status (SES) differentially affect linguistic and cognitive
development. However, less evidence has been collected regarding their impact on literacy …